AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 2, 2022

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ Football: Japan rise from dead again to beat Spain and reach last 16 DOHA – Japan pulled their Qatar World Cup campaign out of the fire… Read more

Xi’s visit to Japan “invaluable” for bilateral ties: Chinese envoy

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ China’s ambassador to Tokyo said Thursday that President Xi Jinping’s official visit to Japan as a state guest, if realized, would be “invaluable” for bilateral relations… Read more

Japan’s largest labor union to call for 5% pay hike; highest in 28 years

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s largest labor union decided on Thursday to demand a pay hike of around 5 percent in annual wage negotiations starting next spring, the highest in… Read more

Life goes on with HIV in Japan, but health care shortcomings persist

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ Hiroto Okui’s HIV diagnosis took him completely by surprise. “I never thought it could happen to me. I didn’t know what to do,” he says. The… Read more

Dollar hits 3-month low in 135 yen zone on Fed chief’s dovish remark

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ The U.S. dollar briefly dropped to a three-month low in the 135 yen zone Thursday in Tokyo, falling by over 2 yen after U.S. Federal Reserve… Read more

Kagoshima governor OKs SDF’s plan to build base for U.S. military drills

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ The governor of Kagoshima Prefecture has agreed to the construction of a Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the southwestern prefecture, as a plan… Read more

Biden, Macron vow unity against Russia, discuss trade row

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron vowed to maintain a united front against Russia on Thursday amid growing worries about waning support for Ukraine’s war effort… Read more

Oil dips on OPEC+ uncertainty

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ Oil prices dipped in Asia trade on Thursday as uncertainty lingered ahead of Sunday’s OPEC+ meeting, though easing COVID curbs at the world’s top crude importer… Read more

Azerbaijani FM briefs Norwegian counterpart on Armenia’s provocations

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ On December 1, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt at the 29th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in… Read more

We express regret for disdainful attitude of Russian’s peacekeeping contingent towards our appeals – MoD

Tokyo, 2 December, /AJMEDIA/ We express regret for the disdainful attitude of the Russian Federation’s peacekeeping contingent towards our appeals, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement, AJMEDIA reports. “We… Read more